Product Description: A myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargain From the shuttered factories of the Rust Belt to the strip malls of the Sun Belt-and almost everywhere in between-America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price...read more

Product Description: From the shuttered factories of the rust belt to the look-alike strip malls of the sun belt—and almost everywhere in between—America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price. This pervasive yet little examined obsession is arguably the most powerful and devastating market force of our time—the engine of globalization, outsourcing, planned obsolescence, and economic instability in an increasingly unsettled world...read more

A provocative, cutting edge exploration of obesity probes recent attempts to uncover the underlying cause of this national epidemic, from scientists breeding superobese rats to the scientific search for the obesity gene and the race to create a pill to cure the fat problem. Reprint.

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A study of a multicultural, community-based day-care center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, reveals the realities of contemporary child care, as seen through the eyes of a teacher and three families of diverse backgrounds. 25,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo.